digital currency

Digital currency is a type of currency available in digital form. It exhibits properties similar to physical currencies, but can allow for instantaneous transactions and borderless transfer-of-ownership. Examples include virtual currencies, cryptocurrencies, and central bank digital currency.

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Today in Data: Regulators Cheer CBDC, Jeer Stablecoins
Today in Data: Regulators Cheer CBDC, Jeer Stablecoins
May 17, 2022  |  Today In Data

After a volatile week for cryptocurrencies and stablecoins, EU regulators renewed their call for a digital euro, which could arrive in four years. Get the...

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Tether Drops 9% in $7B Investor Selloff 
Tether Drops 9% in $7B Investor Selloff 
May 17, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The world’s biggest stablecoin, Tether, dropped an estimated 9% in value since May 12 and lost more than $7 billion as investors pulled out amid...

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ECB’s Panetta: Digital Euro Could Launch Within Four Years
ECB’s Panetta: Digital Euro Could Launch Within Four Years
May 16, 2022  |  CBDC

Fabio Panetta, a member of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) executive board, said Monday (May 16) that a digital euro could become a reality within...

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Breaking the Buck May Break Faith in Currency-Pegged Stablecoins
Breaking the Buck May Break Faith in Currency-Pegged Stablecoins
May 16, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Years from now, perhaps, the investing world may look back at the dominoes that fell, the mad rush for the exits, and say that breaking...

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PYMNTS Crypto Basics Series: What’s a Native Token, Non-Native Token and White-Label Crypto?
PYMNTS Crypto Basics Series: What’s a Native Token, Non-Native Token and White-Label Crypto?
May 15, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin, blockchain and cryptocurrency are words that most people have at least heard of since the industry exploded into the mainstream public consciousness over the...

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Ex-Meta Exec David Marcus Launches Crypto Payments Startup
Ex-Meta Exec David Marcus Launches Crypto Payments Startup
May 13, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Former Meta executive David Marcus — head of Facebook’s stablecoin Diem efforts — is launching a new cryptocurrency payments startup on the Lightning Network called...

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Tether Breaks Buck as Stablecoin Panic Spreads
Tether Breaks Buck as Stablecoin Panic Spreads
May 12, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Stablecoin panic spread Thursday (May 12), with No. 1 stablecoin tether (USDT) breaking the buck in the wake of TerraUSD’s spiraling plunge below $1 over...

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Crypto Banking Firm BVNK Raises $40M in Series A
Crypto Banking Firm BVNK Raises $40M in Series A
May 12, 2022  |  Investments

South African crypto-to-fiat startup BVNK has raised $40 million in a Series A funding round, the company said on its website Thursday (May 12). Get...

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Crypto Regulation Weekly: Stablecoin Meltdown Focuses Regulators; SEC Gets Tough(er); EU’s MiCA Endgame in Sight; Britain and Argentina Crack Down
Crypto Regulation Weekly: Stablecoin Meltdown Focuses Regulators; SEC Gets Tough(er); EU’s MiCA Endgame in Sight;...
May 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Regulators and central bankers around the world have long had stablecoins in their sites as a potential threat to financial security, their control over economies...

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